Last update: Monday 18 March 2013 [30 news items]
TSMC to issue corporate bonds overseas, says report
Newswatch - Mar 18, 14:34
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to issue US$1.5 billion worth of unsecured corporate bonds overseas, according to a recent Economic Daily News report...
Fulltech to issue NT$800 million in convertible bonds
Nov 22, 16:59
Fulltech Fiber Glass, a Taiwan-based maker of fiber glass yarn and fabric, has unveiled plans to issue NT$800 million (US$26.7 million) worth of unsecured convertible corporate bonds...
Laser Tek to issue NT$600 million convertible bonds
Apr 20, 10:50
Packaging material supplier Laser Tek plans to issue NT$600 million (US$20.63 million) worth of convertible bonds to strengthen its financial capability. The company also plans to...
GET to redeem outstanding convertible bonds
Mar 29, 16:38
Green Energy Technology (GET), a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers, will redeem a mandatory batch of outstanding unsecured convertible bonds issued...
Chassis maker Catcher to issue NT$4.5 billion convertible bonds
Dec 24, 11:52
Magnesium-alloy chassis maker Catcher Technology plans to issue up to NT$4.5 billion (US$150.6 million) worth of five-year unsecured convertible bonds on the domestic market, the...
Flexium, Taiflex to raise capital for capacity ramp
Dec 23, 01:45
Flexible PCB (FPCB) maker Flexium Interconnect and Taiflex Scientific, a supplier of flexible copper-clad laminates (FCCL), have recently revealed plans to raise capital to ramp up...
Adata sets price for convertible bonds
Sep 29, 15:57
Memory module maker Adata Technology has set the conversion price for its latest issue of unsecured convertible bonds at NT$45.80(US$1.46), according to a company filing with the...
CPT to hold shareholders meeting to seek approval for capital reduction
May 20, 16:31
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) will hold a shareholders meeting on May 20 and is expected to discuss and seek approval of eight projects including capital reduction and fundraising.
AUO to issue US$800 million overseas convertible bonds
May 3, 15:18
The board of directors of AU Optronics (AUO) has decided to issue overseas convertible bonds of US$800 million.
Gamma to issue new shares; Efun to issue convertible bonds
Mar 22, 16:38
Taiwan-based optical film maker Gamma Optical plans to issue new shares through private placement, while Efun Technology plans to issue convertible bonds worth NT$500 million (US$15.72...
KYE Systems to issue NT$900 million convertible bonds
Stockwatch - Mar 16, 14:11
Taiwan-based PC peripheral maker KYE Systems will raise funds through issuing 3-year 1.5%-interest secured convertible bonds worth up to NT$600 million (US$18.8 million) and 3-year...
PSC to offer cash compensation to encourage conversion of ECB into shares
Jan 18, 14:10
Taiwan-based DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) will encourage holders of its US$133 million zero-coupon ECB (euro convertible bond) to convert their issues into...
Quartz component maker TXC to issue convertible bonds
Newswatch - Jan 5, 15:06
TXC's board of directors has approved plans to issue NT$800 million (US$25.2 million) worth of Taiwan convertible bonds (CB) to raise funding for capacity expansion, especially for...
Passive component maker Thinking posts significant growth in 3Q09
Oct 19, 11:56
Taiwan-based Thinking Electronic saw its third-quarter revenues and pre-tax profits grow 29% and 144% to NT$566 million (US$17.54 million) and NT$310 million, respectively, thanks...
DRAM module maker PQI to issue CBs, new shares
Stockwatch - Aug 17, 15:39
DRAM module maker Power Quotient International (PQI) plans to issue five-year domestic convertible bonds (CBs) worth no more than NT$600 million (US$18.2 million) to strengthen its...
Touch panel makers Young Fast and J Touch July revenues up on orders for handsets
Aug 11, 15:18
Taiwan touch panel makers Young Fast Optoelectronics and J Touch saw revenues increase in July due to orders from first-tier handset vendors preparing for the launch of touchscreen...
Compal subscribes to half of Vibo Telecom convertible bonds
Jul 17, 10:24
Compal Electronics on July 16 announced that it will subscribe to 50% of the unsecured convertible bonds to be issued by Vibo Telecom, one of the five 3G mobile telecom carriers in...
Winbond remains cautious about expansion
Jul 16, 14:45
Winbond Electronics, a Taiwan-based DRAM maker that has diversified its products to include niche memory and NOR flash, has said its capital spending for 2009 may be less than its...
DRAM maker PSC to gain fund injection from PTI and Kingston
Jul 10, 12:36
Powertech Technology (PTI) and Kingston Technology will jointly loan Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) a total of US$125 million, according to a PTI filing with the Taiwan...
PSC adjusts ECB conversion price to NT$5.25 per share
Newswatch - Jul 6, 11:10
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has reset the conversion price of its US$157.85 million euro convertible bonds (ECBs) at NT$5.25 (US$0.16) per share, the company has anno...
Vibo Telecom to issue convertible bonds
Jun 29, 09:48
Vibo Telecom, one of five 3G mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will issue five-year convertible bonds to raise an estimated NT$3.49 billion (US$107 million) for private placement,...
Wintek plans to issue ECBs worth US$100 million
Newswatch - Jun 26, 13:51
The board of directors at LCD panel maker Wintek has approved a plan to issue up to US$100 million worth of euro convertible bonds (ECBs) to meet its future business expansion projects,...
PSC shares to be downgraded for not settling its ECB issue on time
Newswatch - Jun 18, 11:30
Shares of Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) will be downgraded to a category that requires full delivery in cash on June 19 as the DRAM maker is unable to complete the process...
PSC fails to secure agreement to reset bond conversion price
May 14, 11:17
DRAM maker Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has failed to secure consent for its plan to reset the conversion price of its US$150 million zero coupon convertible bonds from...
DRAM maker PSC seeks to reset ECB conversion price
May 7, 16:05
DRAM chipmaker Power Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) said it will seek to receive approval from its shareholders to reset the conversion price of its US$150 million worth of euro...
CPT to issue US$250 million worth of convertible bonds
Apr 9, 16:12
Taiwan-based TFT-LCD panel maker Chunghwa Picture Tubes' (CPT's) board of directors has approved a plan to issue up to US$250 million worth of convertible bonds via a private place...
DRAM maker PSC loan repayment extension approved
Newswatch - Apr 8, 11:03
Powerchip Semiconductor Corporation (PSC) has announced via a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) that it has been granted an extension on repayments of existing bank...
ProMOS postpones convertible bond delivery date
Apr 3, 10:47
Taiwan's ProMOS Technologies has said that the delivery date for the tender offer of its US$350 million convertible bonds (CBs) will be postponed for two days to April 5, as the company's...
ProMOS to release tender offer results soon
Stockwatch - Mar 30, 10:43
ProMOS Technologies has announced that the tender offer relating to its outstanding US$350 million zero coupon convertible bonds (CBs) due 2012 expired at 14:00 (UTC) on March 27,...
ProMOS offers to buy back bonds, but says it has not enough money
Feb 20, 11:49
ProMOS Technologies has announced an offer to buy back US$335 million worth of convertible bonds (CBs), but maintained that it will only have less than NT$3 billion (US$8.66 million)...
- LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
- Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
- Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
- Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
- Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600
- Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
- Digitimes Research: TSMC expanding in China
- Lite-On Technology to deal out 2012 cash dividend of NT$2.35
- Innolux not to be largely affected by subsidies ending in China, says company president
- Genius Electronic to expand lens capacity by 60%
- AUO likely to turn around performance in 2013, says company chairman
- DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
- Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
- Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
- Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
- Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- IC distributor WPG to see quarterly revenues exceed NT$100 billion in 2Q13
- Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
- IDC lowers forecast growth for monitors while average screen size increases
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- Chilisin eyes strong prospect of tablet market, expects strong growth
- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row

Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...

Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...

Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...

Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.

















